Hay-stacker



UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES A. WILSON, OF MARENGO, IOWA.

HAY-STACKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 266,944, dated October31, 1882.

Application filed September 2, 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES A. WrLsoN, of Marengo, in the county of Iowaand State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful improvement inHay-Stackers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to apparatus for stacking or elevating hay; andit consists in certain combinations, with a post, ofa revolving head ontop of the post, a rising and falling and rotatingjib, carryingatripping hay-fork, and of tackle for operating the fork and controllingor adjustingthe jib, whereby, without removing the post, increasedfacilities are afforded for stacking the hay at different points aroundit, and when the apparatus is not in use it may readily be packed awayin a small compass.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

' a horizontally-revolving head, B, on its top.

O. is a jib, fitted loosely on the post A by means of an open jaw, b, soas to permit not only of its freely rotating about or round the post,but also of being raised or lowered thereon at either end, as required.

D D are guy-ropes, extending from the head B to the ground, Where theymay be secured by stakes to brace or support the postin its erectposition.

Attached to the under side of the jib O, at its outer end and inproximity to the post, are freely-pendent sheaves or pulley-blocks c d,on or round which a rope, e, is passed, and

extended down to and round a sheave,f, be-- low, connected with thepost, for the purpose of raising and lowering and working outward orinward relatively to the post a tripping hay-fork,E,according as draftis applied to or released from the lower length or running portion ofthe rope e, the upper end of said rope being attached to the fork. Saidfork is supported by a sheave or pulley-block, g, on

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| and free to run or travel-along the portion of the rope e which isextended between the sheaves c d. This constitutes the tackle by whichthe fork E is manipulated to elevate and transfer or stack the hay. Thelower sheave, f, should be free to rotate around the post or the post torotate in its bed-block, or both.

Thejib G is provided with tackle for raising or lowering it bodily, orfor similarly adjusting either end of it independently of the other, toadapt the apparatus to different stacking positions or elevations. Thesetackles consist ofpendent sheaves It t'from the revolving head B,similarly-attached sheaves or pulley-blocks l on the outer and innerends or portions of the jib G, and ropes ma, attached to the head B, andpassed respectively round the sheaves h k and it. By pulling downward onboth of these ropes, or paying both out simultaneously, thejib O israised or lowered bodilythat is, at both ends-an'd is tipped or tiltedat either end only by merely manipulating one of said ropes. After thejib has been adjusted as required at either or both of its ends, theropes m n are wound round cleats 0 0 on the post, to hold thejib inposition.

By revolving the head B and fastening the guy-ropes at the ground, andby raising, lowering, or placing the loosejib at varying angles to thepost, the hay may be stacked around the post at all suitable elevations.

The tripping devices for detaching the load of hay lifted by the fork Emay be similar to those already in use on various hayloading andunloading apparatus, the fork being tripped by pulling on a rope orcord, 8. In working the fork, the weight of it, when releasing the ropee from draft by the horse or animal to which it is attached, causes theportion of said rope between the sheaves c and alto be bowed'or drawndown, and the fork to be run back, after which the fork is inserted inthe hay, and draft applied to the lower length or portion of the rope c,which elevates the fork and runs it forward, when it is tripped tounload.

When the apparatus is not required for use the loose fit of the jib G,by its open jaw 12 on or round the post A, provides for the packing awayin a close compass of the apparatus, the jib lying along or in line withthe post.

Having thus fully described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a hay-stacker,the combination, witha fork-rope, e, passing over pulleys 0 df, of thepulley-sheave g, fastened to rope at its lower end, 'near the lork, andsupported by a roller on that part of the rope between the pulleys c 01,whereby the fork may be made to travel between the two pulleys 0 d, asdescribed.

2. The revolving head B, in combination with the post A. the ropes m n,the sheaves h i 70 l, the jib G, fitted to the post so as to be capableof rising and falling and rotating thereon or around the trippinghay-fork E, with its attached sheam g, the rope e,-aud the sheaves orpulley-blocks 0 df, essentially as described.

3. The guy-ropes D, in combination with the revolving head B, the postA, the jib G, having an open jaw, 12, arranged to freely receive thepost within or through it, the tripping hay-fork E, having an attachedsheave, g, the fork supporting and operating tackle c, d,f, and e, andtackle or devices for supporting, or for supporting and raising orlowering, the jib, substantially as and for the purposes herein setforth.

hi JAMES A. WILSON.

J V V 7 mark VVituesses:

J. F. VVAGNER, MASON INGRAHAM.

